Sibarian
| Sibarian | |
|---|---|
| Sябиря | |
| Native to | Sibaria, other areas of the former Socialist Union |
| Region | Eastern Moneylania |
Native speakers | L1 speakers: 215 million (2020 census) L2 speakers: 146 million |
Indo-European
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Early forms | Proto Moneylanian
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| Cyrillic Sibarian Braille | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Sibaria |
| Regulated by | Sibarian Language Institute |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Sibarian is a East Moneylanian language that was first spoken in early ancient Sibarian times. It is the national language of The Sibarian Federation, and is a recognised major language of nations such as The Republic of Daminy, The Republic of Berkraine, The Republic of Reznovistan and The Republic of Nalop. It is the second-most-common native language in Moneylania, after English. Standard Sibarian is the most used Arkeic language found today, with other Arkeic languages being Damanian and Berkrainian.
Sibarian is practically one of the only Moneylanian standard language whose speakers are fully functionally digraphic, using both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets.
History
The Arke people and Arkeic
The Arke were the precersours to all Arkeic people today found throughout all of Eastern Moneylania.
Old Sibarian
In the 4th century BC, Arkeic started going through a shift in regards to usage and writing. The Arkeic writing systems was utilised by the ruling elite of the Empire, while the general populous were not able to read or write. Arkeic was adopted as the language of the clergy and religious leaders serving various Arkeic townships. As the push for common folk learning to read and write, this language was gradually adapted to non-clerical purposes and became known as the Sibarian version of Arkeic. The two variants of the language, clerical (Arkeic) and non-clerical (Sibarian), continued to be utilised by the two different classes until the fall of the empire, in which Arkeic was slowly forgotten for the easier to understand Sibarian dialect.
Old Sibarian was a language that was prominent during the Ancient Sibarian Empire.
Modern Sibarian
Modern Sibarian existed since the early 1200's. This dialect is as it is today.
Dialects
Sibarian
This is the standard dialect in Sibaria.
Northern Sibarian
Northern Sibarian is the dialect found in the nations of Reznovistan, D'nalop and Berkraine. The pronouciation is slightly different, being alot more lazier with rolling the "r" sounds.
Islandic Sibarian
Islandic Sibarin is the dialect found in nations such as Daminy and islands such as Elektro, Kamyshovo and Pokov. Islandic Sibarian is as prominent as the other dialects (mostly since the addition of Damanian as the national language of Daminy), however, the Damanian language's pronouciation is almost identical to Islandic Sibarian. In Islandic, the "o" sound (Kamyshovo - Kah-mm-ee-sh-oh-v-oh) is drawn out a bit more.
Ulvanise Sibarian
Ulvanise Sibarian is found in the Xianuan language. The dialect is mostly spoken in Western Xianuan.
Southern Damanian Sibarian
Southern Damanian Sibarian is the dialect of Sibarian-Scuroian born Damanians. It is a mix of Islandic Sibarian and Scuroian.